Telephone attachment.



the inodev of .supporting the telephone re.V

ceiver.

In the use of the telephone. considerable -inconvnience, is" often caused by reason of a. personbeing compelled to hold thereceiver tohis ear dui-'in 'a 4long conversation vvvhich is o ftenveryf' iitiguing.: VThis is particu-v 'larly true vvhen `the vv'ire'has to Abeheld waiting forthe ferson at the other end of the line, "'t huscausing `not onlyannoyance but also los's of'ti'ine as the person-holding' the Areceiver in one hand cannot" very vvell do ephonefreceivenmay be `supported in54 the proper position adjacent the ear of the perfson 'talking into the transmitter. thus leaviii hands'e'ntirely free'to'do other things ile'lie iswit-ingforhis party.

Another' object 'isfto provide kvmovable means" "offthis'l `ycharactei ivhichfmay opera-te` .A to depress jthe receiver hook when the teleisIiot 'i'r1 "l1 se`,` a i Astillf'fifirtherObjectis tolock the:` telephone.; eceiver'hookjso asto 4prevent acci.- dentalf'ra'ising thereof. u, The 4 various Vfurther pbjects and advanta es will more Vfully vappear from the de tailed description and tlie features of n'ovelty residing in the novel construction and 'f '-feombination of elements will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing illustrating a feiv embodiments of the invention,-

. Figure 1 is a` front elevation. and Fig. 2 is a. side elevation. partly in sect-ion, of the improved attachmenhivith a bracket of the lazy-tong type. Fig. 3. is a fragmental side elevation. partly in section. illustrating the bracket as ext-ended. Referring 'in detail to the draivings. particularly to Figsql. Q and 3. the improved attachment inav be secured Ato the telephone Tele-` yrequi rerments of. the person using the teleL and fifrzxairrroivia: ATTACHMENT.

instrument at any. suitable point, -as 'at the neck portion 10, by'asuitable clamp 11.

` Extending from the clamp is a supporting arm 12-oii.which is Vpivoted the extensible lazy-tong bracket 13.A On the forward vend of the bracket, means are provided for supporting the telephone receiver in position adjacent the ear .of the speaker when he is `formed with the spring.lr arms 1T which grip the c vlindrical`-bofly of the receiver and hold 1t normally in position at. right angles to the axis of the mouth piece of the transmittei".

It will be noted that the supportingr arm Sfr-ms FANNIE BEINgoF NEv'v YORK, N. Y;

specification vf Letters Patent *f Patented Feb. 27.1917. Appimiirion ined December 9, m5. sensi 150.65320. 4

12. of .the bracket extends outward avrai" from the instrument. thus supporting the extensible bracket and'the reccivcr in such spaced position" relative to thctclcphone' instrument as V corresponds to the distanccbe- 4tvveen'the plane of theear and the mouth nf 4the average person. Thusivhen theula-a-cket 1s extended andthe person assumes a` natural position talking intti the transmitter. his can directly against the moutlrof the r`e' ivel.' in proper position for listening!` 'However-g' by reason of the extensibility of .the bracket as Vwell as the uivoting of 'the holding socket upon the bi-'a'c iet. any adjustmenirmay be made suitable to the individual phone. One

invention resides inthe means whereby the r 7.90 of the-advantageous features of the f simple movement of the bracket incontractedV .position, 'automatically- .depiesses and locks the receiver hook ivbile the move- When the bracket is extended, asin Fig. 3,.

'ment of the bracket into extended or operar low portionof thejcam l20 is swung over .vthef'receiver hook, permitting the latter to f will automatically operate the and hold it in locked inoperative position or, inoperative position. I I

rise into o erative position. Thus, the natpullthe receiver 1ttnhis ear or push it away, receiver hook desired, a hook 22 be formed upon a suitable ,forward link may of the bracket for easily whereby thebracket may e readi y manipu- For counterbazlancing the weight of` .the

receiver, especiellywhe'n in extended posi' tion, a Weight member 23 be attached,

y' as by aclampQi-,at a suitable point, preferably at the base of lthe instrument, f1n, a posi--y tion'opposite from the receiver bracket,I and this wel ht may be madein the form o f'al pad hol er 25 on which sheetsj may be kept to take .down memoranda while vtalking at the tele hone. If'desired, also a pencil rack 26 may v formed in thepad holder. e

' I have illustrated myinvention asapplied to' the usual portable desk instru- .-ient. However, itivill be understood that it may be applied with equal advantage to' the box instrument attached to the WalL lVhile I have described se'i'eral modifications of the invention, itwill be understood that various further modifications -lnay .be

resorted to without departing v,from the,` spirit of theinventifn, and thescope ofthe and ldesire to-secure "by Letters: Patent: I

1. An attachment- Ivfor telephones compris' i ing a movable` support for holding the telephonereceiver', said support being mov'- able to an operative. position wherein the mouth of the receiver is adjacent to the ear oa person talking into the telephone 'trans- 'mitter, means associated with said attachment u'rhereby the receiver hook is depressed .when the support. returned to its normal- 'or moperative pos1t1on, andv means attachf able to: the base' ofthe telephone instrument onthe side op osite tothe receiver for counterbalancing t e Weight of the receiver when a person using the telephone to.

raspin the same,

supporting arm,

the support; is moved into, operative position.` f'

l 2. An attachment"for telephones compris- 'ing a supportin member a apted to at-I tached to'the te ephone instrument, an ex-y tensible lazytong bracket mounted on said 'supporting arm, a socket for holding -the telephone-receiver mounted on su-id bracket, and' means actuated by the bracket during its contraction to'lock the'4 receiver hook in inoperative position. e. y

3. fin-attachment for tele hones comprising a supporting n imberA ad tached to themtelephone instrument, an ex'-` tensible lazy tong bracket pivot'ed on (said supporting member, av cam. arm connected Withthe lazy tong bracket and located.

above the telephone receiver, andmeans forv holding the ytelephone receiver on .the

bracket, said cam armoperating to depressand lock the receiver hookin inoperative position when the lazy tong bracket is con-l tracted.

.4. An attachment forfteleshone's comprisf ing a supportingl member a tached to. tie telephone instrument,'anex tensible lazy-tong. bracket muntedon said apted to be atsupportingl arm, a socketV for holding'the and means actuated'by the vbracket during its contraction to lock inoperative position. j n 5'. -An attachment. for tele honesl comprising a supportingmember a apted 'to be atL tached to they telephone instrument,'an extelephonereceiver s'wiveled on said bracket,

the receiver lhook inl tensible lazy tong bracket mounted 'on said telephone mounted on said bracket, means ctuated' v by' the 'bracket durin traction to lockthe receiver hoo erative position, y .portion ofthe bracket'for vreadily grasping 'the sume toextend the bracket.-

Signed at New Yorkei'ty,

17th. day ofNovembenA. 1915.

a socket for holdingf'. the:-

fits een; 'o anda hook' at the forward in .the county of New lYork, and' State of New -Y0rk, this. 

